Option 2: Robot Combat and the Evolution of STEM (Cultural/Technical)
: Discuss the "moral offloading" that occurs when machines select targets. If a robot commits a war crime, is the programmer or the commander responsible?. Bot Wars
: Contrast the benefit of robots—who don't feel rage or fatigue—with the "dignity argument": the idea that humans have a right to be killed only by a moral agent who made a choice. Option 2: Robot Combat and the Evolution of
: Analyze how robot wars might lower the threshold for conflict by making war seem "costless" to political leaders. Bot Wars